Computational design of a U-profile die and calibrator

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 246-250

  Reifschneider, Louis G ^a   Kostic, Milivoje M ^b   Vaddiraju, Srinivasa Rao ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Experimental verification; Profile calibration; Profile die design

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATORS; THERMAL SHRINKAGE; U-PROFILE DIES; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; EXTRUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PYROMETERS; RELIABILITY; RHEOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; VISCOELASTICITY;

DIES;

EID: 2442565502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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